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By Hillary Senour

WOODBURN, IND., February 22 (CNA/EWTN News) .- The story of an Indiana teen who continues to make local sports headlines despite having prosthetic legs has highlighted the Catholic faith and pro-life devotion of his parents.

Like most American teens, Nik Hoot, a 16 year-old sophomore at Woodlan High School in Woodburn, In., has yet to meet an extra-curricular activity he does not enjoy.

Beretta USA is threatening to leave Maryland over new gun control proposals, the Washington Post reports, and they would take hundreds of jobs along with them.

\”Why expand in a place where the people who built the gun couldn’t buy it?\” Jeffrey Reh, general counsel for Beretta, asked.

The Washington Post explains:

Beretta, the nearly 500-year-old family-owned company that made one of James Bond’s firearms, has already invested more than $1 million in the [civilian version of a machine gun designed for special operations forces] and has planned to expand its plant further in Prince George’s County to ramp up production.

But under an assault-weapons ban that advanced late last week in the Maryland General Assembly, experts say the gun would be illegal in the state where it is produced.

Now Beretta is weighing whether the rifle line, and perhaps the company itself, should stay in a place increasingly hostile toward its products. Its iconic 9mm pistol — carried by every U.S. soldier and scores of police departments — would also be banned with its high capacity, 13-bullet magazine.

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HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, Virginia (February 24, 2013) – Freshman shortstop Joe Sigismondi (Blackwood, NJ/Highland Regional) doubled home senior pinch-runner Nicco Esgro (Glassboro, NJ/Glassboro) in the bottom of the eighth inning, moments after SUNY-New Paltz had tied the game, to give the Rutgers University-Camden baseball team a 4-3 victory here Sunday at the Ty Cobb Classic.

The Scarlet Raptors raised their record to 2-1 at the three-day season-opening event, which was held at Hampden-Sydney College.

February 23, 2013

HADDON HEIGHTS, N.J. (CBS) — Authorities say at least two people were injured in a fire that started after an apparent explosion at an apartment home in Camden County, New Jersey.

The incident happened around 4 p.m. at a three-story house along the 100 block of White Horse Pike in Haddon Heights.

Witnesses who live nearby say they heard a loud explosion and that the subsequent fire destroyed the home in a matter of minutes.

\”Everyone came running out all of the buildings, looking for smoke to see what was going on,\” said resident Jeff Taylor. \”We all ran over and we saw the smoke, debris everywhere out front. It was clearly like a big bomb. The front half of the house was already collapsed before it even went up in flames.\”

Two people were hospitalized. The extent of their injuries was not immediately known.

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Volume XVIII No. 8: February 22, 2013 

Congress and the President are trying to blame each other for looming across-the-board spending cuts known as sequestration. Dueling press releases claim it’s well nigh to a budget apocalypse and that everything from air travel to military readiness will be ruined. Our response to Congress and the President: The chickens have come home to roost. You can stop sequestration, but that requires you to do your job.

Some major—err, General—Chicken Littles are singing about sequestration in the Pentagon. The Joint Chiefs of Staff came to Capitol Hill last week with tales of woe, claiming the cuts will hollow out the force, reduce training, and delay deployment of the aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman. We are reminded that when the carrier’s namesake President was told \”Give ‘em hell, Harry.\” He replied \”I don’t give them hell, I just tell the truth and they think it’s hell.\”

HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, Virginia (February 22, 2013) – The Dennis Barth era is underway at Rutgers University-Camden.

The Scarlet Raptors’ new head coach collected his first collegiate victory in his first game when Rutgers-Camden scored five unearned runs in the top of the eighth inning to defeat host Hampden-Sydney College, 9-4, at the Ty Cobb Classic here Friday. The Raptors’ season-opening win was called after eight innings due to darkness.

Russell E. Hoffman, Sr., age 86, died on February 17, 2013 at his home in West Deptford where he lived since 1956. Russell was born and raised in Gloucester City, NJ. He was a graduate of Gloucester High School in 1944 where he played football. Russell served in the US Army during World War II from 1944-1946. Upon returning from the war, Russ played football for the Mustangs, a semi pro football team. He worked for RCA, retiring after 30 years in 1986. Russell was a member of the Gloucester City \”Ray Ford\” Old Timers. His favorite pastime was spending time with his family and enjoying all their activities.

He was predeceased by his son Russell E., Jr. \”Rusty\”, his brother Clarence Jr. and his wife Emma (nee Keller). He is survived by his wife of 65 years Tresa (nee Keller), daughter Debbie (Jeff) Lyons, granddaughters Stacey Lyons (Rob Garish), Michele Lyons and Marci Lyons, great granddaughters Kylee and Brianna, nieces Donna (Ron) Henefer, Nancy (Greg) Forchic, Janet (Al) Kaczorowski, Diane Newcomb, Edie (Chal) Asman, great nieces and nephews Nancy Lynn Henefer, Ron (Lorraine) Henefer, Tom (Siobhan) Henefer, Dennis (Lori) Forchic, Darrin (Becky) Forchic, Derek (Erin) Forchic and many more great great nieces and nephews.

Private memorial services will be held at the convenience of the family in the Budd Funeral Home, Woodbury, NJ. Memories may be shared at www.buddfuneralhome.com.

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